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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com January 21, 2011
Marriage in Maryland by April?
By Julie Bolcer
Maryland advocates and a leading lawmaker projected confidence that a
marriage equality bill could pass the state general assembly by early April,
while they also predicted success for a gender identity antidiscrimination
measure.
“We’re in a really great position to be advancing a marriage bill and an
anti-discrimination bill,” said Cameron Tolle, online organizer for Freedom
to Marry, which cohosted a confer... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 2 Posted on Advocate.com March 07, 2011
Ron Paul Supports DOMA
Speaking to a conservative group in Iowa, potential presidential contender
Ron Paul voiced support for the Defense of Marriage Act but seemed unclear
on the court decision that brought the state marriage equality.
By Advocate.com Editors
Texas congressman and potential presidential aspirant Ron Paul told a
religious conservative group in Iowa Monday that he supports the federal
Defense of Marriage Act as a matter of states’ rights, bu... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 3 WASHINGTON - Republican angst about 2012 is growing.
Nearly three months into the year, it appears the GOP field of presidential
candidates is narrowing. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels and former Alaska
Governor Sarah Palin have looked increasingly less likely to run as of late.
That leaves a front pack of four: former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney,
former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour,
and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich of Georgia.
Normally,... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 4 Posted on Advocate.com June 11, 2011 03:25:00 PM ET
Weiner Woes Boost Quinn Mayoral Bid
By Julie Bolcer
The likely removal of embattled congressman Anthony Weiner from the race for
New York City mayor in 2013 would seem to boost the prospects for New York
City Council speaker Christine Quinn, who would be the first woman and
openly gay person to lead the nation’s largest city.
The Associated Press reports on the fallout for Weiner, once a presumed
mayoral frontrunner, from the sexting scandal in... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 5 Posted on Advocate.com June 15, 2011 12:00:00 PM ET
Chris Christie Makes the Gaga Argument for Gay Rights
By Lucas Grindley
BORN THIS WAY: Lady Gaga and Chris Christie Republican golden boy Chris
Christie, the outspoken governor of New Jersey, is making the Lady Gaga
argument for gay rights.
“My religion says it’s a sin. But for me, I have always believed that
people are born with the predisposition to be homosexual,” Christie told
Piers Morgan on Tuesday night. “And so I think if someone is bor... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 6 Posted on Advocate.com June 19, 2011 12:20:00 PM ET
Don Lemon's Marriage Equality Debate
By Advocate.com Editors
During a segment about marriage equality on his CNN newscast on Saturday,
out anchor Don Lemon hosted a debate between Daniel O'Donnell, who is co-
sponsor of New York's same-sex marriage bill and equality opponent Brian
Brown, president of National Organization For Marriage.
Lemon asks Brown if he's worried about the bill being passed, reminding him
that 58% of New Yorkers support sa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1822 | 7 Court Orders End to DADT
By Michelle Garcia and Andrew Harmon
A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled
Wednesday that the U.S. military can no longer enforce the "don't ask, don't
tell" policy.
Though President Barack Obama asserted in a news conference last week that
certification of DADT repeal passed by Congress will be completed in "weeks,
not months," the ninth circuit panel ruled that its stay on a federal judge
's 2010 ruling against the policy should be imme... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 8 NEW YORK — Same-sex marriage might seem like a straightforward issue: You'
re for it or against it. Yet for the field of Republican presidential
hopefuls, it's proving to be an awkward topic as public attitudes change and
more states legalize gay unions, the latest being New York.
Numerous recent polls suggest a slim majority of Americans now back gay
marriage. Support is highest among Democrats, but is growing across the
political spectrum even while religious conservatives – a key part of the
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发帖数: 4174 | 9 Why timing is crucial in the ongoing same-sex marriage cases
Rutgers law professor Carlos Ball argues that it would be better for
marriage equality supporters if the Supreme Court hears a DOMA case before
it considers Perry v. Schwarzenegger.
The following is an essay for our same-sex marriage symposium by Carlos A.
Ball, professor at the Rutgers University School of Law (Newark). Professor
Ball is the author of The Right to be Parents: LGBT Families and the
Transformation of Parenthood (NYU Pr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 10 Chris Weigant Political Writer and Blogger at ChrisWeigant.com
To most Democrats, Texas Governor Rick Perry's candidacy for the Republican
presidential nomination has so far seemed somewhat of a joke. At least until
now, that is. The Lefty blogosphere has indeed been having a field day ever
since Perry announced, over some of Perry's off-the-cuff comments, both
past and present. Today's news, however, should go a long way towards
forcing Democrats to start taking Perry seriously -- because accor... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 11 SIMI VALLEY, Calif. -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) is a shrewd dude, a master
acquirer of power and ruthless user of it. In ten years as governor he has
turned what was widely regarded as a weak office and made into a kind of
personal fiefdom not seen in the state since the days of Lyndon Johnson.
But the debut of "The Rick Perry Show" with Wednesday's debate at the Reagan
Library has drawn attention to the candidate's knack for continually
updating -- and rewriting -- his political allegiances an... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1822 | 12 http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2011/10/137_97086.h
Homosexuality at school
Homoeroticism is hard topic for underage students
Should teenage students receive education on homosexuality? Do underage
pupils have to be taught that it is a violation of human rights to ostracize
purported gay and lesbian peers? Should schools identify homosexual
students to protect them? Liberal educators seem to have gone too far.
The advisory council on the Seoul Education Board has proposed that a
stud... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 13 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/15/national-organization-
WASHINGTON -- In 2008, the owners of a Sacramento ice cream parlor donated
thousands of dollars to support Proposition 8, which would ban marriage
equality in California. Gay rights activists, unhappy with the owners'
actions, posted negative reviews of the company online. Protesters also
stood outside the shop and handed out free rainbow sherbert and waved signs
reading "I love rainbow sherbert" and "It's a rocky road to equality."... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 14 The California Supreme Court decided Thursday that the sponsors of
Proposition 8 and other ballot measures are entitled to defend them in court
when the state refuses to do so, a ruling likely to spur federal courts to
decide the constitutionality of same-sex marriage bans.
The state high court’s decision, a defeat for gay rights groups, sets the
stage for a federal ruling -- which could go all the way to the U.S. Supreme
Court -- that would affect marriage bans outside California.
The U.S. 9th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 15 Jose Orozco 34, has been identified as the ex-boyfriend of Arizona Sheriff
Babeu. In an exclusive interview with CNN Mr Orozco details his relationship
and fears of his ex-lover. (See complete interviews after the jump) The
national media has exploited the story as is the norm. One can also say that
the "spin" by the sheriff's defenders are running on eight cylinders in an
effort to make the sheriff as the victim. We're inclined to give deference
to the victim in this case. Let's us look at this... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 16 Scientists in Denmark are reporting that they are just months away from
unveiling a breakthrough treatment that could functionally cure HIV, reports
U.K. newspaper the Telegraph.
The researchers are currently conducting clinical trials of a "novel
strategy" that strips the HIV virus from human DNA, allowing the immune
system to permanently destroy the virus. The treatment involves releasing
the HIV virus from "reservoirs" it forms within DNA, bringing the virus to
the surface of the cell. Resear... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 311 | 17 SALT LAKE CITY – A federal judge struck down Utah's same-sex marriage ban
Friday in a decision that brings an increasing nationwide shift toward
allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church has
long been against it.
U.S. District Judge Robert J. Shelby issued a 53-page ruling saying Utah's
law passed by voters in 2004 violates gay and lesbian couples' rights to due
process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment.
Shelby said the state failed to show that allowing ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1235 | 18 发信人: ogusdu (缘分啊！), 信区: WaterWorld
标 题: 监狱也要按人口比例关
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Feb 19 14:21:28 2014, 美东)
尽然精英比例一样，犯罪比例也必须一样。
发信人: ntycl (你太有才了), 信区: WaterWorld
标 题: Re: 监狱也要按人口比例关
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Feb 19 21:16:23 2014, 美东)
快了。 学校惩罚学生要按种族比例。
Attorney General Eric Holder (shown at left) and Education Secretary Arne
Duncan have issued the first-ever national guidelines for discipline in
public schools, contending that present discipline disproportionately
affects minorities. |
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发帖数: 4174 | 19 Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas), Marco Rubio (Fla.) and Rand Paul (Ky.), who have all
officially declared themselves candidates for the GOP nomination for
president, will be present at the event. Other Republicans who have not yet
declared White House runs but are considered contenders for the race are
also attending the event, including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie,
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
Who can beat Hillary? |
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发帖数: 3096 | 20 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/02/sports/olympics/olympic-badmi
don211
Tampa
NYT Pick
Flag
This is what you get with group play. It is far more important to win a
medal than to lose a game. It is a common practice to sacrifice a position
in contests from chess and checkers to baseball and other sports to get an
advantage. This is pure strategy, well within the rules and there is nothing
immoral about it. No rules were broken and no penalty should have been
imposed. If the rules don't provide the... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3096 | 21 维基
On July 1, WikiLeaks revealed that Snowden had applied for political asylum
to 19 countries in addition to Ecuador and Iceland; these included Austria,
Bolivia, Brazil, China, Cuba, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy,
Ireland, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain,
Switzerland, and Venezuela. A statement attributed to Snowden also contended
that the U.S. administration, and specifically Vice President Biden, had
unjustly pressured the governments of these countries to ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3096 | 22 Germany blasts Britain
See the link below:
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/25/germany-uk-gchq-intern
Germany blasts Britain over GCHQ's secret cable trawl
Minister questions legality of mass tapping of calls and internet and
demands to know extent to which Germans were targeted
Cameron and Merkel
David Cameron and Angela Merkel. The German government's letter is the first
major challenge to the UK over its data-trawling opera... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3150 | 23 前总统卡特支持芝麻仁 (link 1)
奥巴马反对芝麻仁 (link 2)
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Link 1
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/17/jimmy-carter-george-zi
Jimmy Carter: George Zimmerman Jury 'Made The Right Decision' (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | By Nick Wing
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发帖数: 5309 | 24 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: sgrastar (Theodore), 信区: Military
标 题: Re: 疮破vs希特勒
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Sep 28 21:01:55 2016, 美东)
凑巧NYT发表了一篇关于Ullrich的希特勒新传记的书评。在这篇书评里只字未提Trump
的名字，但如果你把作者总结的希特勒的性格特征里的希特勒换成疮破，一点都不会有
违和感。即使本人一直认为疮破是个彻头彻尾的法西斯，这样的相似依然让人不寒而栗。
• Hitler was often described as an egomaniac who “only loved himself
” — a narcissist with a taste for self-dramatization and what Mr. Ullrich
calls a “characteristic fondness for superlatives.” His manic speeches and
penchant for taking all... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3205 | 25 U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-McLean, has linked Jiang to the congressman's
contention that NASA has farmed out much of its work to contractors in order
to circumvent federal restrictions on workers from China and certain other
countries. Wolf has also connected Jiang to the possibility that Chinese
workers were stealing NASA technology and sharing it with the Chinese
military.
But Jiang's lawyer, Fernando Groene — a former federal prosecutor who now
practices out of Williamsburg — said he's not going... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 196 | 26 猜猜Obama见了Osama会说什么？
说好了十年,十年之后又十年,十年之后又十年,都快四十年了,老大!
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama has started a campaign-season
tour of combat zones and foreign capitals, visiting US forces in Kuwait and
then Afghanistan - the scene of a war he says deserves more attention and
more troops.
The Illinois senator arrived in Kabul as part of an official congressional
delegation.
The delegation met with top military leaders and troops at Bagram Air Field,
the main US military base in the country, a |
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发帖数: 2249 | 27 Kaine, Bayh Out of Obama Veepstakes as Biden’s Stock Rises
by FOXNews.com
Friday, August 22, 2008
Border
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine and Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana are out. Could Sen.
Joe Biden of Delaware be in?
Sources told FOX News that Kaine had been informed he was out of the running
for Barack Obama’s vice presidential pick, and the Associated Press cited
a source who said Bayh had been informed of the same. As for Biden’s
position as the leading contender, the truth might not be told until
Sat |
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发帖数: 74 | 28 Obama: I Have More Executive Experience Than Palin
Barack Obama contends that he is more experienced in executive matters than
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin because he has managed his presidential campaign for
the past 18 months.
Speaking on a cable news channel Monday night, the Democratic presidential
nominee said he is better prepared to handle a disaster like Hurricane
Gustav because of his pursuit of the White House.
“Well, my understanding is that Governor Palin’s town of Wasilla has, I
think, 5 |
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发帖数: 50 | 29 http://www.newsweek.com/id/157541?tid=relatedcl
Family Matters
On Gov. Sarah Palin's watch, Alaska liberalized its abortion laws.
It didn't take long for Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin to
make a name for herself on the family-values front. Tapped only a week ago
to join presidential contender Sen. John McCain on the GOP ticket, the
little-known first-term governor of Alaska walked on stage with a reputation
as a staunchly pro-life crusader. The details emerging about Palin's
pe |
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发帖数: 2069 | 30 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
tokyo (今天真高兴儿) 于 (Tue Dec 9 16:52:37 2008) 提到:
Kennedy Top Choice for New York Democrats
Kennedy Top Choice for New York Democrats
Caroline Kennedy, shown here with her uncle, Sen. Ted Kennedy, has emerged
as a top contender for Hillary Clinton's Senate seat. (AP Photo)
Story Created: Dec 9, 2008 at 3:53 PM EST
Story Updated: Dec 9, 2008 at 3:53 PM EST
RALEIGH, N.C. Caroline Kennedy is the most popular pick with New York
Democrats as Hillary Clinton抯 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 31 http://www.rollcall.com/news/42309-1.html?type=printer_friendly
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) on Friday asked that a deal he secured for his
state on Medicaid funding be removed from the health care reform bill, a
move that follows weeks of unrelenting political blowback.
Nelson contends that a $100 million deal he extracted for Nebraska in December to pay the state’s cost of a proposed Medicaid expansion was misunderstood. He said it was intended to act as a placeholder to ensure that all states rec |
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发帖数: 29846 | 32 Jonah Goldberg轰左派控制的好莱坞：除了几个例外，好莱坞依然最喜欢把我们自己当
作真正的敌人
http://townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2010/02/05/hollywood_has_seen_worse
It's Oscar time. Unfortunately -- or perhaps fortunately -- I haven't seen
anywhere near all of the contenders. For that reason alone, I can't write an
Oscar column. Throw in the fact that I think the Oscars are one of the most
overhyped events in American life. They're almost as bad as the Grammys
were when they were still around.
Wait, they still have those? Rea |
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发帖数: 7299 | 33 The AIG-related charges against Goldman go further. Critics such as AIG's
former chief executive, Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg, have contended that
Goldman caused AIG's demise and that Goldman should have known, as basic due
diligence, that AIG was in way over its head.
Hogwash, says Goldman. Although in hindsight it appears obvious that AIG was
a patsy, that was not known when those deals were made. At that time, AIG
was widely regarded as the world's foremost insurance company, with a triple
-A |
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发帖数: 7299 | 34 The remainder Goldman paid to its own counterparties to acquire the mortgage
securities underlying the credit default swaps AIG had written, which
Goldman handed over to the Fed. So while the firm certainly would not have
wanted to receive less than a full payout, its survival did not depend on it
. This, it contends, quashes the notion of a back-door bailout that saved
Goldman from extinction.
Talking to top Goldman executives, I couldn't resist asking the obvious
question: If the firm could ju |
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发帖数: 897 | 35 For the second time in the past two weeks, a tea party Republican has
sparked a miniature media furor by questioning the separation of church and
state.
"I disagree strongly with the concept of separation of church and state,"
Colorado Senate candidate Ken Buck said in a video publicized yesterday. "It
was not written into the Constitution."
Buck made the remark in 2009, but video footage of the event was posted on
liberal website ThinkProgress Tuesday-- just one week after tea party
Republican ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 36 http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Conservative-Fever-Builds-PalinBook/2010/11/23/id/377919
Conservative Fever Builds for Palin Book Tour
Tuesday, 23 Nov 2010 10:09 AM
Ultra-conservative powerhouse Sarah Palin kicks off a tour to promote her
second book in as many years Tuesday as part of a media blitz ahead of a
possible White House bid.
Editor's Note: Get Sarah Palin's "America by Heart" with our FREE Offer --
Click Here Now.
"America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag" promises ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5601 | 37 Ex-House leader Tom DeLay Convicted of Money Laundering
Published November 24, 2010 Associated Press
Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay -- once one of the most powerful
and feared Republicans in Congress -- was convicted Wednesday on charges he
illegally funneled corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002, which could
send him to prison for decades.
Jurors deliberated for 19 hours before returning guilty verdicts on charges
of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 38 Why Does the Media Love to Pick On Palin?
By John Lott
Published November 30, 2010
The media just loves to hate Sarah Palin. And, if polls are to be believed,
the constant media bombardment has hurt her standing among many independents
.
Unfortunately, over the last couple of weeks, even conservative media
pundits such as Mona Charen, Peggy Noonan, George Will, Joe Scarborough and
Matt Labash see these attacks and warn that she can’t win the presidency.
They even buy into the attacks on her judg... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 39 A new campaign seeks to eliminate disclosure laws which require HIV positive
individuals to inform their sex partners of their potentially deadly
infection.
The campaign is led by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF
) and UNAIDS, an umbrella group of UN agencies. Notably absent from this
campaign is any recognition of the danger posed for the possible victims of
a willful refusal to disclose HIV status.
As part of the campaign, IPPF released a collection of interviews entitled
... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 40 民主党控制的伊利诺伊州国会通过加税法案，个人所得税增加67%，商业收入税增加46%
Quinn congratulates Democrats on income tax increase
Share |
Posted by Ray Long and Monique Garcia at 2:15 a.m.
A triumphant Gov. Pat Quinn congratulated fellow Democrats early today after
the Illinois Senate and House sent him a major income tax increase without
a single Republican vote in favor.
Quinn smiled and shook hands on the floor of the Senate around 1:30 a.m.
after the Senate voted 30-29 for the bill, which would raise the personal
income tax-r... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 897 | 41 A law under consideration in South Dakota would expand the definition of "
justifiable homicide" to include killings that are intended to prevent harm
to a fetus—a move that could make it legal to kill doctors who perform
abortions. The Republican-backed legislation, House Bill 1171 [1], has
passed out of committee on a nine-to-three party-line vote [2], and is
expected to face a floor vote in the state's GOP-dominated House of
Representatives soon.
"The bill in South Dakota is an invitation to ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6673 | 42 新州长说恐怕以后是个负担，要把联邦拨款退回。
Governor Rejects Federal High Speed Rail Money
Governor Rejects Federal High Speed Rail Money
Gov. Rick Scott has rejected federal money for high speed rail between Tampa
and Orlando. A stop was being considered in Lakeland.
By Lloyd Dunkelberger
LEDGER TALLAHASSEE BUREAU
Published: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 10:09 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 10:09 a.m.
( page of 5 )
TALLAHASSEE | In a decision that could have far-reaching political and
economi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 43 International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was ordered held
without bail Monday after Manhattan prosecutors charged him with seven
counts stemming from allegations he sexually assaulted a hotel housekeeper—
a decision that sends one of the towering figures of international finance
and French politics to a jail cell on New York's Rikers Island.
Mr. Strauss-Kahn appeared for Monday's hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court
wearing a black overcoat and slacks, looking haggard and unshaven... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 44 The economic downturn has not led to more crime—contrary to the experts'
predictions. So what explains the disconnect? Big changes in American
culture, says James Q. Wilson.
When the FBI announced last week that violent crime in the U.S. had reached
a 40-year low in 2010, many criminologists were perplexed. It had been a
dismal year economically, and the standard view in the field, echoed for
decades by the media, is that unemployment and poverty are strongly linked
to crime. The argument is str... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 45 Mexican Citizen Executed After Court Declines to Intervene
Texas executed a Mexican national whose prosecution violated U.S. treaty
obligations soon after the Supreme Court refused to intervene Thursday.
U.S. high court clears the way for Mexican man, convicted of rape, to be
executed in Texas. Video Courtesy of Reuters.
Humberto Leal Garcia, 38 years old, was convicted of the 1994 rape and
murder of a 16-year-old girl. He had asked the court to stay his execution
while Congress considered legis... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 897 | 46 WASHINGTON (AP) — Having to buy a squiggly fluorescent light bulb is an
affront to personal freedom, some lawmakers are saying as the House decides
whether to overturn a law setting new energy-efficiency standards for the
bulbs.
House Republicans are pushing legislation that would overturn measures in a
2007 energy act requiring efficiency upgrades in the old-fashioned
incandescent light bulb, little changed since it was invented by Thomas
Edison in 1879.
Republicans say the new standards, signe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 47 MISSOULA, Mont.—With a homemade .22-caliber rifle he calls the Montana
Buckaroo, Gary Marbut dreams of taking down the federal regulatory state.
Montana passed a law that tries to exempt the state from federal gun
regulation. But the law is now before the courts, in a test of states'
rights. WSJ's Jess Bravin reports.
He's not planning to fire his gun. Instead, he wants to sell it, free from
federal laws requiring him to record transactions, pay license fees and open
his business to government i... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 48 By Thomas Nelson
With less than a calendar year until someone from the GOP goes heads up
against Barack Obama, the focus has correctly been on which person is best
qualified to tackle the nation's problems and, of at least equal importance,
most capable of displacing the dangerous administration currently in charge.
Of lesser concern at the moment is the undercard to that event. Still that
undercard is not a throwaway. The Vice Presidential position is key for the
GOP. Allowing for a diverse tic... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 691 | 49 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/12/MNP
Washington --
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is the subject of a report on the stock
investments of members of Congress that is to air Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes
."
The San Francisco Democrat and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, were
questioned separately at their weekly news conferences Nov. 3 by reporter
Steve Kroft. Neither had granted Kroft's previous requests for interviews.
Kroft asked both leaders about stock transacti... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2273 | 50 Almost 13 years ago, Mitt Romney left Bain Capital, the successful private
equity firm he had helped start, and moved to Utah to rescue the Salt Lake
City Olympic Games and begin a second career in public life.
Yet when it came to his considerable personal wealth, Mr. Romney never
really left Bain.
In what would be the final deal of his private equity career, he negotiated
a retirement agreement with his former partners that has paid him a share of
Bain’s profits ever since, bringing the Romney ... 阅读全帖 |
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